Match Thread Shef Utd - Coventry City Match Thread Wednesday 25th Feb 19.45 KO (152 Viewers)

[Gynnsthetonic]

Villa are our rivals.

Been other threads on this.

It's just their fans and board level strategies have caused how can I say 'some disagreements'. They were never really rivals in 60-90s.

Not for me, always Leicester!

 

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[commissioner_gordon]

Just watched the SUFC press conference that popped up on YouTube, he’s speaks really complimentary about Coventry and Lampard .. fair play .
Excited about tonight

They did the same last season - then proceeded to kick us off the park. Beware of compliments from Wilder!

 

[curly_tom]

I am excited about tonight, will only be watchingon TV. I am having a hard time predicting a win, I can't imagine we could do them for some reason. They are on form but then we have won our last 2. I would think the smart money would be on a draw, which would be an ok result.

 

[curly_tom]

Not for me, always Leicester!

Maybe it's an age thing. I don't know how old you are obviously but for me, watching as a kid in the late 80s and 90s I always think of Villa as the ral rivals. We didn't play Leoicester for years after I started watching Cov, we played Villa a lot and always lost which made us all hate them even more.

I suppose where you live would also make a difference, I didn't live near Cov so that didn't come into it for me.

 

[skybluelee]

Villa are our rivals.

Been other threads on this.

It's just their fans and board level strategies have caused how can I say 'some disagreements'. They were never really rivals in 60-90s.

Villa regard us as a rival about as much as Sheff Utd do ffs.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Villa are our rivals.

Been other threads on this.

It's just their fans and board level strategies have caused how can I say 'some disagreements'. They were never really rivals in 60-90s.

Villa and Blues are rivals. Us cracking on at Villa is like Leicester cracking on at Forest.

There was edge in the PL years because we tended to be the only West Mids teams but they don't care a jot about us.

 

[Liquid Gold]

To any Blades lurkers, I'd say it's not so much we don't like you it's a couple of things 1) you were bellends when we were in the shit 2) Some of our fans had a weird love in with your neighbours, that was until most realised they are a bunch of racist cockwombles.

Can I add 3) they are always a team of thugs who go out to injure players and get away with it Lemeiras foul being the best example.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Maybe it's an age thing. I don't know how old you are obviously but for me, watching as a kid in the late 80s and 90s I always think of Villa as the ral rivals. We didn't play Leoicester for years after I started watching Cov, we played Villa a lot and always lost which made us all hate them even more.

I suppose where you live would also make a difference, I didn't live near Cov so that didn't come into it for me.

I'm 54 tomorrow
The 70s and 80s against Leicester were always.......interesting, fan battles on and off the pitch

 

[clint van damme]

Villa are our rivals.

Been other threads on this.

It's just their fans and board level strategies have caused how can I say 'some disagreements'. They were never really rivals in 60-90s.

We used to chant countdowns to our games against them weeks before they happened in the 80s. Sorry, but your post is absolute drivel.

 

[rhino1002]

Why do we have to have rivals
Villa don't give a damn about us plus why would be rivals to a team we haven't played in over 20 years
Most of the younger fans and i mean up to 30 years of age have probably never seen us play Villa
it embarrassing how some of our fans chant about SOTV when they have never been to a villa cov game

 

[SwanLane]

The Sheffield accent is quite funny really, it isn't the same as the rest of Yorkshire.

Wilder doesn’t have a standard Sheffield accent. His sounds like a weird mix of generic south east, with a little bit of Yorkshire thrown in. Can’t work it out. I’ve met loads of people from Sheffield and even lived there a few years. Never heard anyone speak like him.

 

[Johhny Blue]

And a loss?

What’s a loss?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Can I add 3) they are always a team of thugs who go out to injure players and get away with it Lemeiras foul being the best example.

Wilder himself in these press conferences usually comes across very reasonable. Then he goes instructing his teams to kick lumps out of the opposition and starts scraps at full time whenever they lose.

Nobody liked playing Warnock teams either but again the man himself was pretty likeable.

 

[David O'Day]

Why do we have to have rivals
Villa don't give a damn about us plus why would be rivals to a team we haven't played in over 20 years
Most of the younger fans and i mean up to 30 years of age have probably never seen us play Villa
it embarrassing how some of our fans chant about SOTV when they have never been to a villa cov game

I had stuff thrown at me from the fucking bridge near Villa Park the relegation game so forgive but I'll sing about shitting on them and put them in a bonfire as much as I want.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Why do we have to have rivals
Villa don't give a damn about us plus why would be rivals to a team we haven't played in over 20 years
Most of the younger fans and i mean up to 30 years of age have probably never seen us play Villa
it embarrassing how some of our fans chant about SOTV when they have never been to a villa cov game

It's part of football culture to have rivals, every club in every sport has them. It's what makes football great when you play a rival.

 

[clint van damme]

Nobody liked playing Warnock teams either but again the man himself was pretty likeable.

Keep reading this on here today. Is there a bit of rose tinted revisionism going on?
I remember the bloke being an absolute bell end.

 

[clint van damme]

It's part of football culture to have rivals, every club in every sport has them. It's what makes football great when you play a rival.

Imagine having to explain this on a football message board, to use an expression I hate - games gone!

 

[Grendel]

Keep reading this on here today. Is there a bit of rose tinted revisionism going on?
I remember the bloke being an absolute bell end.

His teams actually played reasonable attacking football. Wilders teams do as well. This season they play as wide open as us

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Keep reading this on here today. Is there a bit of rose tinted revisionism going on?
I remember the bloke being an absolute bell end.

I’m not sure anyone has a secret crush on Colin mate

 

[TomRad85]

Keep reading this on here today. Is there a bit of rose tinted revisionism going on?
I remember the bloke being an absolute bell end.

Think it's kind of a nostalgia or a don't appreciate it til its gone kinda thing rather than revisionism. I always thought he was a bell but he was kind of a panto villain and was pretty funny at times too. Wilder is never funny, although he speaks well about Super Frank so he gets some points for that.

 

[clint van damme]

I’m not sure anyone has a secret crush on Colin mate

Warnock's actually a character though and always has been.

Wilder has zero personality and constantly just comes across as angry and bitter, with a massive chip on his shoulder.

You can tell he's as much of a prick in the dugout as he is in his personal life.

Agree. Warnock has a sense of humour and has some humility. Wilder is an arrogant drunk with no class whatsoever

I think he can often come across as self-important and lacking a bit of awareness.

He's sort of like Warnock in that he sees himself as 'plain speaking', but he's pretty charmless, whereas Warnock, for all his posturing, came across as having a certain warmth to him, and also didn't appear to take himself too seriously.

As for Sheffield United's fanbase, their attitude to the SISU protests sticks in the craw; it's a bit of a theme with football supporters that when a club is genuinely being screwed, that there is solidarity from other support bases. There was the exact opposite from them.

He's got his admirers!!

 

[warwickskyblue]

You can also have more than one rival….. Liverpool: Man Utd and Everton. Just means different things at different times to different people! Also I think it depends where you live. I never see a Leicester shirt, but my old neighbour was a blues fan and I see lots of Villa….

 

[robbiethemole]

According to 11 vs 11 which is accurate we're currently level.
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I looked on the BBC site head-to head, obviously not accurate

 

[Bristol sky blue]

How much of a loss is Kalvin Phillips to them tonight? I have no idea if he was lacking in match fitness anyway.

Think Sakamoto will start tonight as although Sheff Utd are always quite physical, Harrison Burrows isn't exactly a hatchet man and will actually focus on trying to get forward. Agree with other posters that Saka should start - Esse will be very useful for rest of season but mainly from the bench as an impact sub.

 

[clint van damme]

How much of a loss is Kalvin Phillips to them tonight? I have no idea if he was lacking in match fitness anyway.

From what I've seen, not much of a loss.

 

[TomRad85]

From what I've seen, not much of a loss.

Reidewald will come in i think. Pretty sure he's been decent so Phillips is no loss.

 

[Nick]

Anybody nervous?

 

[Nick]

Got a spare under 18’s ticket for tomorrow £15

Missus cancelled?

 

[shmmeee]

Anybody nervous?

Nah free hit tonight with Boros last two and Ipswich losing to Wrexham.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Nervous in a 'this could be such a good win' way instead of 'if we lose this we're fucked' way

 

[SwanLane]

Think it's kind of a nostalgia or a don't appreciate it til its gone kinda thing rather than revisionism. I always thought he was a bell but he was kind of a panto villain and was pretty funny at times too.

Exactly. Pantomime villain is exactly how Warnock played it. Wilder comes across as an intense, charmless prick. All the guff in that press conference is classic pissing up our arses before a big game.

I did take note of someone saying he played a big part in a youth fundraiser so it’s not all bad of course but I still find him generally objectionable in a way that Warnock isn’t.

 

[David O'Day]

Win and i'll be delaighted, very happy with a draw and if we lose i'll be ok as I think we'll win and Boro lose over the weekends games

 

[Lamps]

Really dont see the logic in resting Tats in the game. It make zero sense, unless you are thinking we should just roll over because they might kick him.

It a professional game with professional officials. If they do it, then they are very likely to be punished for it. Let them do it. There's nothing to be scared of in terms of over aggression.

Have you not noticed the 'quality' of the officials and how many bad tackles on Saka goes unnoticed?

I'd still play him, but they only have one way of stopping him.

 

[quinn1971]

match the levels of the last 2 games and we win this, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s by a couple.

 

[StrettoBoy]

Anybody nervous?

I am.



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